A Clinicoimmunohistopathologic Study of Anetoderma: Is Protruding Type More Advanced in Stage Than Indented Type?

Figure 5

The mean optical density for elastogenesis and degradation markers in the dermis of protruding and indented type anetoderma. (a) Elastin, (b) fibrillin, (c) MMP-2, (d) MMP-9, and (e) TIMP-1 (P1: protruding lesion from case 1, C1: nonlesional control from case 1, P2: protruding lesion from case 2, C2: nonlesional control from case 2, I: indented lesion from case 3, C: nonlesional control from case 3, and N: control from normal patient) < 0.05: t-test, between two groups.

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